Media
Coverage of Hurricanes' Mental Health Impact
The
following articles have appeared in Today's Clips, the
Hogg Foundation's free mental health news clips service, since
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita made landfall. The articles focus
on the mental health impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and
related topics.The articles are grouped by month and year. Full
texts of the articles may be found by visiting the online newspapers.
Registration may be required. Unfortunately, links to the articles
are not provided because most change over time.
September
- December 2006
July
- August 2006
May
- June 2006
March
- April 2006
February
2006
Study: Hurricanes linked with mental ills / United Press International,
May 9
Katrina leaving some students feeling blue / Houston Chronicle,
February 22
Hurricane stress may increase death toll / United Press International,
February 19
Mississippi, Arkansas, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Utah Receive
Over $22 Million for Hurricane Katrina Crisis Counseling Assistance
/ SAMHSA Press Release, February 15
Post-Katrina stress still weighs on New Orleans / Reuters, February
15
Hurricane Victims Demand More Help / Washington Post, February
9
Katrina's Vietnamese Victims / Washington Post, February 9
After Welcoming Evacuees, Houston Handles Spike in Crime / Washington
Post, February 6
Group: Kids Need Extra Care in Disasters / Associated Press, February
6
Post-Katrina Volunteers Learn To Expect the Unexpected / Psychiatric
News, February 3
January
2006
Katrina Evacuees in Texas Held in Killings / Associated Press,
January 28
Vulnerable Hit Hardest by Katrina, Study Says / Los Angeles Times,
January 27
Evacuees victims or suspects in 23 deaths, HPD says / Houston
Chronicle, January 20
Ads aim to curb bias against evacuees / Houston Chronicle, January
19
Evacuees landed in high-crime ZIP codes / Houston Chronicle, January
19
Study will follow Katrina survivors / Associated Press, January
6
Evacuee family left adrift with its demons / San Antonio Express-News,
January 1
December
2005
Area schools suffering 'compassion fatigue' / Houston Chronicle,
December 27
Catholic Charities Providing Door-to-Door Mental Health ... /
Yahoo! News, December 14
Mental
health advice for Katrina survivors / Associated Press, December
7
November
2005
Rebuilding lives, slowly / Austin American Statesman, November
14
October
2005
State to distribute money donated for disaster relief / Associated
Press, October 28
FEMA awards Texas communities $14.4M in hurricane ... / Dallas
Business Journal, October 26
Counselors ease compassion fatigue / San Antonio Express-News,
October 16
Guide Helps Disaster Responders Apply Stress-Related First Aid
/ Psychiatric News, October 7
Free counseling available for evacuees / Lufkin Daily News, October
7
September
2005
HHS Awards Grants for Minority Health in Wake of Katrina / HHS
News Release, September 30
Katrina Causes Wave of Addiction Problems / Join Together.com,
September 27
Extra help puts strain on health agencies / Austin American-Statesman,
September 22
Some evacuees just starting to feel the effects of Katrina / Houston
Chronicle, September 18
Training for counselors of victims to be held Thursday / Lufkin
Daily News, September 18
Destruction and despair ripple out from disaster, battering ...
/ Cox News Service, September 13
Depression to be topic of meeting / Wichita Falls Times Record
News, September 11
Post-traumatic stress experts warn of potential crisis / Waco
Tribune-Herald, September 11
Reaching out to aid the elderly, frail / Houston Chronicle, September
11
State of alertness / Houston Chronicle, September 10
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